Rene Utianski

Rene Utianski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS (she/her) is a Consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. She is an Associate Professor of Speech Pathology and Neurology. She earned her BA in Psychology and Speech and Hearing Science from the George Washington University. She earned her MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from Arizona State University. She completed a research post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic-Arizona and a clinical post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic-Rochester. In her present role, her clinical responsibilities include differential diagnosis of acquired and degenerative speech and language disorders. Her research focuses on defining the distinguishing clinical, acoustic, and neuroimaging characteristics of these neurological disorders, refining their differential diagnoses, and informing subsequent treatment.